Corset



M. KAHN Dec. 26, 1933.

CORSET Filed April 25, 1932 INVENTQR BY flax 5 /((////I m ATTORNEY WITNESSES Patented Dec. 26, 1933 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE 2 Claims.

This invention relates to corsets and has for an object to provide an improved corset which is flexible in all directions while functioning to confine certain parts of the body when inuse.

Another object of the invention is to provide a corset wherein the same is resilient circumferentially at the waistline and at certain other parts resilient longitudinally, but not circumferentially.

An object, more specifically, is to provide a corset which will support the hips along the hipline and yet snugly fit around the Waist and permit bending, including a forward bending, without distorting the corset, the structure being such that at the rear there is a longitudinal stretching action in the lower part of the corset and in the other parts either a circumferential stretching or a non-stretching, according to the location of the respective parts.

In the accompanying drawing,-

Figure 1 is a front view of a corset disclosing an embodiment of the invention.

Figure 2 is a rear view of the corset shown in Figure 1.

merals, 1 indicates a front panel which is provided with sections 2 and 3, section 2 being substantially unelastic in all directions and preferably provided with re-enforcing stays 4 of any desired kind. Section 3 is elastic circumferentially but not longitudinally of the garment. Connected to the front panel 1 are front side panels 5 and 6 and connected to these front side panels are rear side panels '7 and 8. A rear panel 9 is connected to the rear side panels '7 and 8 by suitable lines of stitching as shown in Figure 4. The various lines of stitching 10 are arranged as shown in Figure 4 and at the rear are covered by a strip 11 held in place by stitching 12. In this way the outside of the garment is smooth throughout. In respect to the seam 13 an over-stitch 14 is used on the outside instead of the reenforcing stitch 11. This is to permit distortion along this line without disturbing the smoothness of the garment. The various side sections or panels 5 to 8 inclusive are formed of elastic material stretchable circumferentially of the garment but not longitudinally of the garment.

It will also be noted that the binding tapes 15 and 16 are also of elastic material, namely, of

Figure 3 is an edge view of the corset shownv cloth and rubber, the same as all of the other sections except section 2 of the front panel 1.

As shown in Figure 2, the rear panel 9 is of greater width than the front panel 1 and is formed in a special way with the parts arranged so in a particular manner in order to secure certain definite results. The section 17 of the rear panel 9 is stretchable circumferentially while section 18 of the rear panel 9 is stretchable longitudinally of the garment. The lines of stitching and abuto5 ting edges of the sections 17 and 18 are arranged as a V in order that when there is a difference in stretch, this will provide a slight compensating zone. When the person wearing the garment bends over forwardly, for instance, the section 18 stretches, and, consequently, does not slide out of placebut resumes its former position when the person stands upright. When placing the garment over the head or pulling the same over the hips, section 17 stretches and permits this action so that the garment may be readily donned, and when in proper place, the upper part of section 17 will snugly fit at the waistline, while all the other parts will fit the lower part of the body and hips as designed, thus constricting the body 5 along the hipline, while at the same time snugly fitting the waistline and permitting the flexing of the body of the person in any direction, said flexing being permitted without distorting or shifting the position of any part of the corset. It will be noted that all of the sections are sewed together, and, consequently, the corset is what may be termed a slip-on corset as it is intended to properly fit when placed in the correct position without any adjustment, as there is no adjustment provided except the arrangement of the various resilient sections which take care of all adjustments, and also take care of all flexing of the body as the garment readily flexes in any direction and particularly permits bending toward the front'without the rear of the garment being pulled upwardly. This is caused by the fact that the large section 18 at the rear stretches longitudinally of the garment.

I claim:

1. A corset comprising a body shaped so that the top and bottom will .be of substantially the. same diameter and bulged intermediate the top and bottom, hose supporting means connected to the lower edge of the body, said body at the front having an inelastic panel extending from the top downwardly approximately two-thirds the distance and a circumferentially stretchable elastic section for one-third the distance, said last mentioned section extending from the bottom of the body to the first mentioned section, reinforcing members arranged on the first mentioned section to stiffen the same, a pair of circumferentially elastic members forming each side of the body, two'of said members being connected to said front sections, and a pair of rear sections connected to the other two side elastic sections, one of said rear sections occupying substantially one-third of the rear of the body at the top and stretchable circumferentially thereof while the other rear section extends from the bottom upwardly to the upper section and stretchable longitudinally of the body, whereby the body of a person wearing the corset may readily bend back and forth, forwardly and rearwardly, freely while having a comparatively stiff front support.

2. A corset comprising a body having at the front an inelastic panel extending from the top downwardly approximately two-thirds the distance and a circumferentially stretchable elastic section for one-third the distance, said last mentioned section extending from the bottom of the body to the first mentioned section, reinforcing members arranged on the first mentioned section to stiffen the same, a pair of circumferentially elastic members forming each side of the body, two of said members being connected to said front sections, and a pair of rear sections connected to the other two side elastic sections, one of said rear sections occupying substantially one-third. of the rear of the body at the top and stretchable circumferentially of the body while the other rear section extends from the bottom upwardly t0 the upper section and stretchable longitudinally of the body, whereby the body of a person wearing the corset may readily bend back and forth, forwardly and rearwardly, freely while having a comparatively stiff front support.

MAX KAI-IN. 

